Urasenke Head House & Family
news
Daisosho SEN Genshitsu is Awarded a Doctor of Letters Degree from Chung-Ang University, Korea
SEN Genshitsu Receives Rotary Award of Honor
Special Tea Offering Ceremony at Tokyo National Museum
by Urasenke Iemoto SEN Soshitsu XVI
Heian Shrine (Kyoto) and Meiji Shrine (Tokyo) Sacred Tea Offerings
Solemnizing the Succession of the 16th-generation Urasenke Iemoto
Memorial for 300th Anniversary of the Death of Fukyusai Joso Soshitsu
Former Grand Master SEN Genshitsu Appointed as Advisor for the
Chinese Academy of Arts
Formal Obit and Parting Service Held for IZUMI Soko Masakazu
Zabosai Succeeds as 16th-generation Iemoto Oath-taking Rite
Held in the Rikyu Onsodo
Wakasosho SEN Soshi to Succeed as 16th-Generation Urasenke Grand
Master on January 1, 2003
Traditional Observances
2008
Hatsugama-shiki
(New Year's Tea Celebration)
2006
Hatsugama-shiki
(New Year's Tea Celebration)
2005
Hatsugama-shiki
(New Year's Tea Celebration)
2004
Hatsugama-shiki
(New Year's Tea Celebration)
2003
Hatsugama-shiki
(New Year's Tea Celebration)
2002
Hatsugama-shiki
(New Year's Tea Reception)
Guests
Singapore President S. R. Nathan Visits Daisosho for Tea at Konnichian
U.N. Secretary-General BAN Ki-Moon and Mrs. Ban Visit Konnichian
as Guests of SEN Genshitsu
SEN Soshitsu XVI and Mrs. Sen Present a Welcoming Tea
for the Ministers at the G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kyoto
Prime Minister Matti VANHANEN of Finland Visits Konnichian
Prince El Hassan bin Talal and his wife, Princess Sarvath El Hassan,
Visit Konnichian with Japanese Princess Takamado Hisako
Chief Minister Dilma ROUSSEFF of the Presidental Staff Office
of Brazil Visits Konnichian
H.H. Sayyid HAITHAM, Minister of Heritage and Culture of the Sultanate of Oman, Visits Konnichian
Governor Sergio CABRAL of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro
Visits Konnichian
President Stjepan MESIC of Croatia Visits Konnichian
Royal Visit to Urasenke Konnichian by Crown Prince and Princess
of Nepal
Iemoto SEN Soshitsu XVI Serves Tea to Top Leaders
at Japan-ROK Summit Meeting in Ibusuki
Finland Minister of Transport and Communications Leena LUHTANEN Visits Konnichian
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Solomon PASSY
Visits Konnichian
Chinese State Council Information Office Minister ZHAO Qizheng
and Party Visit Konnichian
Greek Prime Minister Constantinos SIMITIS at Konnichian
Thai Royal Princess Chulabhorn Visits Konnichian
Activities in Japan
Research Institute for Japanese Arts to be Established in Tokyo, with SEN Soshitsu XVI as Director
Grand Master SEN Soshitsu XV is Special Speaker
at Japan-ROK Foreign Cultural Arts Exchange Festival, Osaka
Wakasosho SEN Soshi Gives Lectures at WACS 30th World Congress
Grand Master SEN Soshitsu XV Receives Honorary Doctorate
from Kokushikan University
Activities Overseas
Tea Offering Ceremony by SEN Genshitsu at the USS Arizona Memorial
SEN Genshitsu has Audience with Pope Benedict XVI
Daisosho SEN Genshitsu Visits Indonesia
SEN Genshitsu Makes Trip to Vietnam and Has Interview with
President Tran Duc LUANG
SEN Genshitsu in the Austrian Capital to Introduce Chado
SEN Genshitsu in San Francisco for Asian Art Museum Teahouse
Inauguration, Public Lecture, and Lecture at Stanford University
Grand Master SEN Soshitsu XV Receives Award for Meritorious Service from Rotary Foundation
Grand Master SEN Soshitsu XV in Gimhae, Korea
THE NEW WAY OF TEA Exhibition in New York
Grand Master SEN Soshitsu XV in Norway
Grand Master SEN Soshitsu XV Teaches at University of Hawaii
Grand Master SEN Soshitsu XV in Singapore
Grand Master SEN Soshitsu XV Appointed as Guest Professor
at Chung-Ang University, Seoul
